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Posts tagged with 'Spider' at MetaFilter.Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:28:25 -0800Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:28:25 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Animals can be encountered lying in ambushhttp://www.metafilter.com/146988/Animals%2Dcan%2Dbe%2Dencountered%2Dlying%2Din%2Dambush
<a href="http://youtu.be/7CjtQOc9euU">Behold, the Spider-Tailed Horned Viper. That is all. (SLYT)</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146988Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:28:25 -0800Huck500NEON GLITCHY PIXART MADNESShttp://www.metafilter.com/146227/NEON%2DGLITCHY%2DPIXART%2DMADNESS
It's gloriously incomprehensible and very Japanese, but still: <a href="http://mogera.jp/gameplay?gid=gm0000002534">BUGGG</a>, a game, or rather several games. (<small>Requires Unity</small>) There seem to be five stages, but their precise forms vary according to how you play. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146227Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:14:13 -0800JHarrisIntel Includeshttp://www.metafilter.com/145920/Intel%2DIncludes
<a href="http://www.themarysue.com/intel-workplace-diversity-300-million/">Intel Wants Diversity in the Workplace, Puts $300 Million Where Their Mouth Is</a> - Also they have <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/58079/20150107/intels-spider-dress-perfect-guard-personal-space.htm">a cool stabby spider dress</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.145920Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:05:44 -0800ArtwMeet Portiahttp://www.metafilter.com/145684/Meet%2DPortia
<i><a href="http://sgmacro.blogspot.com/2011/04/portia-intelligent-hunter.html">Portia</a></i> is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_gXrC6oys">jumping spider</a> that <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uW9cOblnpEoC&lpg=PA5&ots=-bIe1PAHmZ&dq=portia%20spider%20brain&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false">eats</a> other <a href="http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/spider-eating-spiders">spiders</a>, through <a href="http://greenspanlab.ucsd.edu/files/Greenspan%202004.pdf">complex layers</a>[PDF] of <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/27857059">visual recognition</a> and planned, <a href="http://www.rifters.com/real/articles/Sinclair%20ZX80%20spiders.pdf">trial-and-error</a>[PDF, <a href="http://www.dichotomistic.com/mind_readings_spider%20minds.html">html</a>] movement, even losing sight of it's target. How does <a href="http://www.anura.it/stories/portia-eng">a hunter</a> get <a href="http://animalwise.org/2011/07/20/portia-queen-of-spiders/">to be smarter</a> than the prey, while having the <a href="https://bradpierce.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/multiple-intelligences/">same number</a> of neurons, not even as many as a honeybee? Well, that's the <a href="http://aeon.co/magazine/science/caspar-henderson-spiders-memory/">interesting part</a> ... <a href="http://www.rifters.com/real/2009/01/iterating-towards-bethlehem.html">Iterating Towards Bethlehem</a>, via <a href="https://www.metafilter.com/142209/If-were-not-in-pain-were-not-alive"><i>Echofuckingpraxia</i></a></i> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145684Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:18:54 -0800the man of twists and turnsShake your silk-makerhttp://www.metafilter.com/142880/Shake%2Dyour%2Dsilk%2Dmaker
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq-r20mlGes">The dance of the peacock spider</a> "With their ornately-colored bodies, rhythmic pulsations, and booty-shaking dance moves, male peacock spiders attract the attention of spectating females as well as researchers. One such animal behavior specialist, <a href="http://nature.berkeley.edu/~maddiegirard34/photos2.html">Madeline Girard</a>, collected more than 30 different peacock spider species from the wilds of Australia and brought them back to her lab at UC Berkeley. Under controlled conditions, she recorded their unique dances in the hopes of deciphering what these displays actual say to a female spider and how standards differ between species.' tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.142880Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:12:28 -0800dhruvaHow could you not want More Spider?!http://www.metafilter.com/142227/How%2Dcould%2Dyou%2Dnot%2Dwant%2DMore%2DSpider
Entomologist and photographer Alex Wild on the process of photographing a funnel-web spider: <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/08/13/these-spider-fangs-arent-going-to-photograph-themselves/">These Spider Fangs Aren’t Going To Photograph Themselves</a>. "Most photographs involve some combination of creativity and constraint, and this one was no different." Bonus <a href="https://twitter.com/Myrmecos/status/504036620472160258">tweet</a>: "I can't understand why no one has bought my <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/sydney_funnel_web_spider_pillows-189038484524274141">new, relaxing throw pillow</a> yet."
More on insect photography at his SciAm blog <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/">Compound Eye</a>, amongst them the series Recipe for a Photograph <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2013/01/02/recipe-for-a-photograph-1-reflected-ant-on-black/">1</a> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2013/05/22/recipe-for-a-photograph-2-bee-in-flight/">2</a> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2013/07/01/recipe-for-a-photograph-3-pollinators-in-flight/">3</a> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/05/19/recipe-for-a-photograph-4-the-emerging-mosquito/">4</a> and some notes on photographing uncooperative insects <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/02/28/freezing-insects-to-slow-them-makes-terrible-photographs/">1</a> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/03/10/photographing-uncooperative-insects-the-nest-entrance-trick/">2</a> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/03/12/photographing-uncooperative-insects-the-time-out-trick/">3</a>. (Note: SciAm's Compound Eye page lists only a year of posts; but searching for common words like <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/?s=the">the</a> includes up older posts in the results.)
More stunning photographs at his <a href="http://www.alexanderwild.com/">gallery website</a>; more entomology writing at his other blog, <a href="http://www.myrmecos.net/">myrmecos</a>.
Previously on Metafilter: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/135337/That-stings">That stings!</a> Macro photos of insects stinging. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.142227Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:06:37 -0800We had a deal, Kylethousands of wolf spiders staring at mehttp://www.metafilter.com/141586/thousands%2Dof%2Dwolf%2Dspiders%2Dstaring%2Dat%2Dme
Let's go <a href="http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/MES/notes/no12.pdf">Headlighting for Spiders</a>! <small>[PDF, 1978]</small> <a href="http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/brainstuff/last-night-i-discovered-thousands-of-wolf-spiders-starring-at-me/">Found some</a>. Found-- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AbqrfC64YE#t=10">WHOA!</a> The large <a href="http://australianmuseum.net.au/how-spiders-see-the-world">posterior eyes</a> of <a href="http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/SS/wolf_spider/spider_section1.php">wolf spiders</a> include a reflective layer, the tapetum lucidum, behind the retina which causes eyeshine. More, much more, on <a href="http://www.findaspider.org.au/info/spiderNS.htm">spider anatomy</a> from Australia's Find-a-spider Guide. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141586Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:58:43 -0800We had a deal, Kylethat might explain his perpetual whiny attitudehttp://www.metafilter.com/141343/that%2Dmight%2Dexplain%2Dhis%2Dperpetual%2Dwhiny%2Dattitude
<a href="http://membracid.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/the-horrible-truth-about-spidermans-anatomy/">The Horrible Truth About Spiderman's Anatomy</a> A follow-up post notes that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnE3uyj9Grg">Scientifically Accurate Spider-Man</a> [somewhat NSFW] <a href="http://membracid.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/scientifically-accurate-spider-man-is-not-accurate/">Is Not Accurate</a>: <i>"It turns out there’s a lot of extremely bogus spider facts online."</i>
Previously on Metafilter: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/130342/Life-is-like-a-hurricane-here-in-Duckburg">Scientifically Accurate DuckTales</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141343Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:18:46 -0800We had a deal, KyleSo long as you don't sleep, you've nothing to worry abouthttp://www.metafilter.com/138162/So%2Dlong%2Das%2Dyou%2Ddont%2Dsleep%2Dyouve%2Dnothing%2Dto%2Dworry%2Dabout
<a href="http://www.mister-finch.com/portfolio/">Moths, spiders, mushrooms, foxes</a> and other Lewis Carroll-ian delights stuffed and mounted for your delight and safety by the self-taught artist <a href="http://www.mister-finch.com/about/">Mister Finch</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.138162Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:04:15 -0800Blazecock PileonAwww... Australian fauna.http://www.metafilter.com/136532/Awww%2DAustralian%2Dfauna
Peacock Spiders don't hurt humans (they're tiny and 'insignificant'). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59431731@N05/5725623167/in/photolist-9HXjhP-9J1h1y-9HWkYg-9SYBmD-dqbTBd-9J1bjm-9T2oqf-9HffGq-9T2u2q-9HfMwZ-9SYAgF-9HcmAB-9ikWPa-azqmsz-azt2py-dqbKMK-djbNE3-7BtTWg-ftBFJN-gcZaYT-ftBGES-9ip4yy-9J1eWf-9J19oE-9HwNnH-9Kpdic-drnQbP-fFbdFv-9HffQu-9ALrKt-dvNCKG-b2hrQ4-b2htkB-b2hrYM-dAv8V5-aTxd8R-aTxhDP-aTz4Tk-aTxhZe-aTx85K-aTxioR-aTxhSK-aTxeVT-aTxigc-9nThAG-b2hrHt-b2hsk6-b2hsac-b2hsQD-b2hrxX-b2hsYi">Here's one</a> on a human fingernail in Western Australia where they live. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=peacock%20spider">Peacock Spiders</a> (Flickr image search results) are quite something. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/135338/Many-Ways-To-Have-A-Good-Time">Previously</a>). The <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59431731@N05/5715616748/in/photolist-9H52Jm-gabcJH-gj1H2s-fTq31T-do9P6x-9jfrb1-dqNmsZ-9j3NaK-9pWmzg-9kpbY4-capP9o-9jiH9w-8NbtqS-9hKMN4-9AJ6xQ-9m4tah-dppPnZ-a2EvB5-a2BDgK-a2EvVm-a2BDkp-a2Evxs-dTZXZs-dppM3v-hNmC6Y-hNmWgV-hNmCJG-8RLEzy-8RLE7A-8RHxAM-8RHxba-8RLErq-fRV2KU-dnFm6a-dnFhEB-dnFiKT-dnFo4h-gpNRsG-dnFjWT-dnFmuh-grbkD4-abHt14-axshmm-gXjguf-gpyBbL-hTjKbU-aCYEXs-aCYFp7-9kVmDu-9hGXoV-hTjip4">still</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59431731@N05/6276172810/in/photolist-ayB2w3-h6AjtH-ayc9jL-do5Kgz-g6V5jQ-hnhFo6-hng8BV-hng8kn-dkWEk8-g6VjsQ-g6ViLj-fNm6H8-bCVTwH-dnF4z3-dnF7A5-gcAXde-geeYs1-g8AyB6-dp627Q-dp7kGb-dnFcuW-dDg1LB-ftnq5R-gBciHZ-8WVHdm-aCfp9d-azpNNT-ayB2tw-ayyXYi-8RmE8V-8RmE2k-dp5ZVD-djwEDK-atD16b-fQpbLd-g6YHQX-8NbtwA-8N8omK-85WFdp-85WFqF-9iTs6j-9HfYCr-9H5pbE-9T2nR3-9HwNeM-9Hg1nt-9T2xsL-9KpegP-9HXmmD-9SYD1M-9H5zgm">images</a> don't capture the mating performances properly. If your interest is piqued... check out this channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Peacockspiderman?feature=watch">Peacock Spiders</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.136532Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:06:54 -0800panaceanotMany Ways To Have A Good Timehttp://www.metafilter.com/135338/Many%2DWays%2DTo%2DHave%2DA%2DGood%2DTime
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYIUFEQeh3g">Sure, the Peacock Spider's mating dance is pretty rad, but what if it was set to the Village People?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.135338Sat, 04 Jan 2014 12:36:27 -0800The WhelkMad Science Museum: you'll be living on a diet of exclamation pointshttp://www.metafilter.com/135299/Mad%2DScience%2DMuseum%2Dyoull%2Dbe%2Dliving%2Don%2Da%2Ddiet%2Dof%2Dexclamation%2Dpoints
<a href="http://www.harcourtbooks.com/HippoEatsDwarf/interview.asp">Alex Boese is interested in hoaxes</a>, as you can tell from his <a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/">Museum of Hoaxes website</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/search.mefi?site=mefi&q=museumofhoaxes.com">lots previously</a>), but <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/07/08/155447049/electrified-sheep-and-other-odd-experiments">he also enjoys tracking down weird science stories</a> like <a href="http://www.madsciencemuseum.com/msm/pl/self_surgery_evan_oneill_kane">Evan O'Neill Kane's self-appendectomy</a> and <a href="http://www.madsciencemuseum.com/msm/pl/aw_blair">Allan Walker Blair's black widow bite experiment on himself</a>, as collected at the <a href="http://www.madsciencemuseum.com">Mad Science Museum online</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.135299Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:38:36 -0800filthy light thief3D Printed Headless Spider Robot Salsa Danceshttp://www.metafilter.com/135226/3D%2DPrinted%2DHeadless%2DSpider%2DRobot%2DSalsa%2DDances
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo2TUIEXJig">3D Printed Headless Spider Robot Salsa Dances</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.135226Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:52:52 -0800Munching LangolierTransgenic Spidergoats Briefhttp://www.metafilter.com/134147/Transgenic%2DSpidergoats%2DBrief
Spider webs are incredibly strong and flexible. It’s no surprise, then, that spider silk proteins may someday form durable artificial ligaments for people who have injured their knees or shoulders. Six different kinds of silk are produced by orb-web weaving spiders. These silk fibers have very different mechanical properties that are so effective they have changed very little over millions of years. How to synthetically develop these silks is one focus of Lewis’ research. The secret to producing large quantities of spider silk is to use “factories” designed to manufacture spider silk proteins that are easily scale-able and efficient. Lewis uses transgenic goats, E.coli bacteria, transgenic alfalfa and transgenic silk worms to produce the spider silk proteins used to create spider silk. Spider silk is 100 times stronger than natural ligaments and 10 times stronger than natural tendons; it is stronger than Kevlar and more elastic than nylon.<blockquote><a href="http://vimeo.com/17556768">A 6min brief on the work being done in Laramie, WY whereby spider silk is being spun from goat milk. SPIDERGOATS</a></blockquote> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics">Synthetic biology and the rise of the 'spider-goats'</a>
Horizon presenter Adam Rutherford looks at the advances in synthetic biology and genetic engineering that have resulted in, among other things, computer-made life forms and cancer assassin cells. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16554357">That Horizon clip</a>
Also, <a href="http://dandelionjournal.org/index.php/dandelion/article/view/78/98">farming spiders for silk is not strictly impossible but it is dangerous, not economically viable, and not appropriate for medical uses.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.134147Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:55:51 -0800BlasdelbWhy make a big deal out of nothing?http://www.metafilter.com/132021/Why%2Dmake%2Da%2Dbig%2Ddeal%2Dout%2Dof%2Dnothing
Jackson Landers tells a brief <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/science/dancing-with-black-widows.html">story</a> about getting bit by a black widow tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.132021Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:17:12 -0800Blazecock Pileon"Not another word!"http://www.metafilter.com/130100/Not%2Danother%2Dword
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ACuI28p1Co">Tywin Lannister's Dinner Party</a>, an extremely awkward recut of an episode in <i>Game of Thones</i>, third season (no spoilers). tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130100Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:50:09 -0800the man of twists and turns&#0176;oOOo&#0176;http://www.metafilter.com/127239/oOOo
<a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/123030">Jumping spider watching you</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/120291">jumping spider watching you (again)</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/213171">mantis eating a fly</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/140325">mantis eating a fly (again)</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/159524">mantis watching you</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/140329">mantis watching you (again)</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/131965">ladybird hatching</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/130961">flies having sex</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/129340">crane flies having sex</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/11918">shepherd</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/99480">WTF is that</a>, <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/9925">WTF is that (again)</a>, and a really <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photos/102116">cute baby hamster</a>. Photographs by <a href="http://davidjobi.megashot.net/photostream">David Jobi</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.127239Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:24:06 -0800elgilitoIt is raining spiders in Brazil.http://www.metafilter.com/124805/It%2Dis%2Draining%2Dspiders%2Din%2DBrazil
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjtdwcseT1Q">"Hundreds (maybe thousands) of spiders congregate between poles in the town of Santo Antonio de Plantina / PR."</a> <a href="http://g1.globo.com/parana/noticia/2013/02/designer-registra-chuva-de-aranhas-em-cidade-do-interior-do-parana.html">According to G1 (Portugese)</a>, "A biologist who specializes in spiders of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paran&#0225; (PUC-PR), Marta Fischer, examined the picture and said that the phenomenon is normal and occurs mainly in the cities of S&#0227;o Paulo. "It is the kind of spider known as <em>Anelosimus Eximius</em>, which are <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/5_8_99/bob2.htm">social spiders</a>. They are usually in trees during the day and in the late afternoon and early evening construct a sort of sheet webs, each makes his and then they come together. The goal is to capture insects," she explains, "During the day they destroy the webs to prevent birds do it," concludes Marta, who also said that the venom of this species causes no risks to humans."
These spiders work together to take down much larger prey than they could otherwise alone, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iVqkJdb9JJ0">as David Attenborough beautifully demonstrates on film</a><blockquote><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/105/31/10843.full.pdf+html">Benefits of cooperation with genetic kin in a subsocial spider
</a>Interaction within groups exploiting a common resource may be prone to cheating by selﬁsh actions that result in disadvantages for all members of the group, including the selﬁsh individuals. Kin selection is one mechanism by which such dilemmas can be resolved This is because selﬁsh acts toward relatives include the cost of lowering indirect ﬁtness beneﬁts that could otherwise be achieved through the propagation of shared genes. Kin selection theory has been proved to be of general importance for the origin of cooperative behaviors, but other driving forces, such as direct ﬁtness beneﬁts, can also promote helping behavior in many cooperatively breeding taxa. Investigating transitional systems is therefore particularly suitable for understanding the inﬂuence of kin selection on the initial spread of cooperative behaviors. Here we investigated the role of kinship in cooperative feeding. We used a cross-fostering design to control for genetic relatedness and group membership. Our study animal was the periodic social spider Stegodyphus lineatus, a transitional species that belongs to a genus containing both permanent social and periodic social species. In S. lineatus, the young cooperate in prey capture and feed communally. We provide clear experimental evidence for net beneﬁts of cooperating with kin. Genetic relatedness within groups and not association with familiar individuals directly improved feeding efﬁciency and growth rates, demonstrating a positive effect of kin cooperation. Hence, in communally feeding spiders, nepotism favors group retention and reduces the conﬂict between selﬁsh interests and the interests of the group.</blockquote>More information on the spider:<blockquote><a href="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/13354653/501665771/name/imran-1.pdf">Social spiders catch larger prey: a study of Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae)
</a>During a 1-year-study in tropical Panama, prey of the social theridiid Anelosimus eximius was analysed at two locations and compared with the potential prey spectrum according to sweepnet catches, pitfall traps and bowl traps. Compared with other web-building spiders, A. eximius catch an unusually high number of large insects: about 90% are flying ants, beetles,lepidopterans hemipterans, cockroaches and grasshoppers. This is the result of a communal strategy to overwhelm prey. Webs are maintained commonly, and several spiders attack an entangled insect simultaneously. More spiders participate on insects that are larger and struggle more. The ability to catch large prey insects is discussed as a major driving factor for sociality in spiders.
<a href="http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v14_n2/JoA_v14_p201.pdf">Population genetics of Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae)
</a>Anelosimus eximius is a cooperative, group-living neotropical spider. Colonies consist of up to several thousand individuals, and colonies may be aggregated into local colony clusters. The colony clusters are patchily distributed, and are often separated from their neighbors by a km or more. In this study individuals were collected from colonies located in Panama and Suriname. These individuals were subjected to horizontal starch gel electrophoresis and screened for polymorphisms in 46 enzyme systems. A total of 51 scorable loci were found, of which seven were polymorphic. The results were analyzed with Wright's F statistics which were used to investigate the amount of genetic differentiation in the population attributable to subdivision of the population into colonies, colony clusters, local populations and the geographic regions of Panama and Suriname. Most of the genetic differentiation in the A. eximius sampled was due to subdivision of the population into colony clusters and into geographic regions. There was no evidence of differentiation among colonies in a colony cluster, and little differentiation among collection sites within Panama or Suriname. In contrast, within a local population, samples from adjacent colony clusters were sometimes fixed for different alleles at one or more loci, and the Panama and Suriname samples were fixed for different alleles at three loci.</blockquote>(<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/115896/Some-spiders-work-and-hunt-in-groups">The spider previously</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.124805Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:20:13 -0800BlasdelbSpider of the year 2012!http://www.metafilter.com/123952/Spider%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dyear%2D2012
The <a href="http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds3/arachnidsinfocusmetabourneti.htm">Meta Bourneti spider</a> is a rare slug eating spider, found <a href="http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Meta+bourneti">throughout the UK and parts of Europe</a>. It lives in complete darkness, and is usually found in caves. It was named <a href="http://www.european-arachnology.org/esy/esy12/english.shtml">European Spider of the Year</a> in 2012.
<a href="http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2013/jan/its-web-intrigue-rare-slug-eating-spiders-are-discovered-among-cemeterys-gothic-tombs">A cluster of them has been found to be living</a> in the pitch black tombs of <a href="http://www.highgate-cemetery.org/">Highgate Cemetery</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.123952Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:54:22 -0800bibliogrrlI am such a good spider.http://www.metafilter.com/123844/I%2Dam%2Dsuch%2Da%2Dgood%2Dspider
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLw-9dpHtcU">"I'm scratching, and I like to hide."</a> SLYT. NSF arachnophobes. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.123844Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:39:26 -0800kinnakeetDO NOT CLICKhttp://www.metafilter.com/123786/DO%2DNOT%2DCLICK
<a href="http://gawker.com/5975196/trust-me-you-do-not-want-to-see-this-video-of-a-giant-parasitic-worm-slithering-out-of-a-dead-spiders-stomach">Trust Me, You Do Not Want to See This Video of a Giant Parasitic Worm Slithering Out of a Dead Spider’s Stomach</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.123786Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:14:38 -0800ArtwWired admires inspired spidershttp://www.metafilter.com/123055/Wired%2Dadmires%2Dinspired%2Dspiders
It is common behavior for humans to develop an avatar to present a larger-than-life version of themselves on the web, often as a defense mechanism. For the first time, this activity has been <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/spider-building-spider/">observed in another species</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.123055Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:53:05 -0800oulipianI Remember Cold Steel Bars &amp; an Inch of Hard Rubber Below As A Kidhttp://www.metafilter.com/122635/I%2DRemember%2DCold%2DSteel%2DBars%2Dand%2Dan%2DInch%2Dof%2DHard%2DRubber%2DBelow%2DAs%2DA%2DKid
<i><a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en">MONSTRUM</a> believes that <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/om-os">playground design should be a reflection of the world surrounding us.</a> <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/remisevaenget">We see the world</a> <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/legepladsen-pildammsparken-malm">as a place full of colour</a>. <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/taarnene-i-faelledparken">We meet boys that like pink and girls that likes climbing trees</a>. Why only play on <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/141159769541937465/">a monky frame</a> and a <a href="http://www.scareddad.com/2011/12/22/parenting-tip-4-sand-boxes-are-the-devil/">sandbox</a>, when you can play in <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/svaevebane">a moon crater</a> or <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/ubaaden-i-taarbaek">a submarine</a> or <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/kongevaenget-edderkop">a giant spider</a> or <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/snogen-i-meldgaard-skov">an enormous snail</a> or <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/kaskelotten">a Trojans horse</a> or <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/raketten-og-prinsessetaarnet">a rocket</a> or <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/kuglebaenkebideren-i-nymosen">an ant</a> or <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/borgbyen">a princess castle</a>. <a href="http://www.monstrum.dk/en/projects/legehovedet">The fantasy is infinite.</a> </i> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.122635Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:05:46 -0800Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-MonkeyArachnophobiahttp://www.metafilter.com/122050/Arachnophobia
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c8O_NN5CUow">Giant. Spider. Puppet.</a> (SLYT) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAr4On5TJgQ&feature=plcp">The same puppet, just hanging out.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.122050Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:40:02 -0800secretdarkTesting spiders and gumdrops on Apollo 9http://www.metafilter.com/121106/Testing%2Dspiders%2Dand%2Dgumdrops%2Don%2DApollo%2D9
In March of 1969, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_9#Mission_highlights">Apollo 9</a> was launched into low earth orbit as critical test for future lunar landings. <em><a href="http://archive.org/details/Apollo9SpaceDuetOfSpidergumdrop">The Duet of Spider &amp; Gumdrop</a></em> is a half hour film, set to music from <em>The Yellow Submarine</em>, that publicized highlights of the mission. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121106Sun, 21 Oct 2012 09:28:32 -0800Brandon Blatcher